Folding manger



L. BIRDLEBOUGH.

(No Modl.)

FGLDING MANGER.

y No. 288,911. Patented( Npmzo, 188s..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUGIAN BIBDLEBOUGH, OF TAYLOR, NEW YORK.

FOLDING MANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,917, dated 'November 20, 1883.

.Application filed June 7, 1883. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUCIAN BIRDLEBOUGH, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Taylor, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Folding Mangers and Feed-Boxes, of which the following is a specication, reference being had therein to the aecompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a combinedfeed-box and manger adapted for service in stalls where cows, sheep, or other animals are coniined by stanchions, and the novelty consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a feed-box or series of feed-boxes in a hinged structure, a hinged cover of which will serve as a guard to prevent waste of food, and the whole structure being hinged to the door, and adapted, when turned up, to serve as one side of a. manger, the whole being simple, inexpensive of manufacture, and efficient in service.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciiication, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention, Fig. 2, a top plan view; and Fig. 3, an end elevation, partly in section, showing the box raised to form a manger in dotted lines.

' Referring to the drawings, similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

A indicates the row of stanchions of ordinary construction, and B the floor of a stable. Hinged to the door at C is a box, D, having a hinged cover, E, anda series of feedboxes, c. The box D is of any approved material and construction, and is adapted to rit snugly between the hinge-points C and the row of stanchions. Torking in a transverse slot, f,

is an arm, g, of a bolt, G, which bolt recipro-v cates in guides g ,on the under face of said coverE, and is adapted to hold the cover rig idly open when one end is inserted in the recess h, formed in a transverse partition ofthe box, or closed and locked when the opposite end is engaged in the recess 7i in the front side of the box. rIhe slot f in the cover has a side recess, f', in which the arm g may be forced to lock the bolt G in its engagement with the recess h.

I indicates a box adapted to contain salt. This box is arranged to utilize the space between the feed-boxes, and it has a sliding cover, vl. 1When the cover E is elevated, the said cover t is within the reach of the cattle, and to prevent its being opened by them the bolt G at such time securely locks it against displacement. Y

1t will be observed that when the feedboxes are in use the cover E serves asa guard to prevent scattering of the grain, meal, or other food, and that the bolt G holds the saltbox in a closed and locked condition, and that when the entire box structure is turned on its hinges a distance of ninety degrees it serves as a guard' to keep hay, stalks, and other fodder within the reach ofthe animals.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the box D, having a series of feed-boxes and an intervening salt box, I, with sliding cover i, of the bolt G, operating in the hinged cover E, and adapted to simultaneously hold said cover E open and the sliding cover closed, as set forth.-

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUGIAN BIRDLEBOUGH.

Witnesses:

H. A. GAEMER, R. H. DUELL, 

